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| (54) | Electric stapler and operation method of an electric stapler |
| (57) An electric stapler is operated by the steps of: a paper bundle pinching step of
relatively moving a table part (10) and a driver unit (3) and also pinching a paper
bundle (19); a staple separation step of folding a staple into U-shape by a forming
plate (8) and also separating the folded U-shape staple (22) from a staple sheet (20)
by moving a driver (7); a penetration step of penetrating legs (24) of the staple
(22) into the paper bundle (19) by further moving the driver (7); a clinch step of
inward folding the legs (24) penetrating through the paper bundle (19) by a clinch
device (5); and a paper bundle releasing step of releasing the paper bundle (19).
A relative movement of the table part (10) and the driver unit (3), the forming plate
(8), the driver (7), and the clinch device are powered by a single motor (13). A driving
speed of the motor (13) in the steps excluding the penetration step and the clinch
step is slower than the driving speed of the motor (13) in the penetration step and
the clinch step.
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